Personally, I hate domination, which only give we, the consumer lesser choice to choose. I'm not saying that Samsung is bad, but it would be better to have more choices for us. Hope Nokia, HTC, Sony, LG or any manufacturer could end this crazy domination era by Samsung and Apple. Hope more OS choices in the future too.

Also, hate to see many comment section are flooded with fanboys' comment. Their comments are just like making sentences with "crap/worst/bad/suck/poor/most ...". Nothing is perfect in the world, thing that suit most of your needs is the best.
Does thing that doesn't suit most of your needs is consider "poor","crap" or "suck"? No, because different people have different needs, that's it.

Anyway, this year I'm glad to see three nice alternatives for Android flagship, the HTC One, Xperia Z & ZL. Sure, they will not able to end the current domination but it is a good beginning (especially for Sony).

Anonymous, 24 Apr 2013Wow a new phone every 6mth! Slow down there boy and think!
Benchmarks tell you how capable ... moreI bet that if your favored phone gets impressive benchmarks, you will be definitely happy and even brag about it. But since that your favored phone was badly smoked in benchmarks, all you can do is bash the winner to make out for the loss that you can't accept.
I bet you have not even used the S4 yet because it is just barely coming out of the market but you are already commenting negative as if you had used it already. Get life dude.

Killer Droid, 24 Apr 2013Tell me how Apple has sold more smartphone than Samsung? Because the number said other thing. ... morebut samsung has like 50+ galaxy variants while apple has a 3 variants in production. so apple did better than samsung , even though they have comparatively small number of share.

2ny, 24 Apr 2013wow samsung really did well in selling so many phones. but isn't it funny? samsung releases at... moreTell me how Apple has sold more smartphone than Samsung? Because the number said other thing. 29.6 for samsung and 15.3 for apple. Go back to school.

wow samsung really did well in selling so many phones. but isn't it funny? samsung releases at list 10-20 phones a year while apple only release a single phone a year, yet they still manage to sell more.

Anticynic, 24 Apr 2013I suppose it isn't possible for someone to post their honest opinion about a Samsung now - are... moreI am forced to be cynical. Any company or their leaders that resort to dirty tactic like wanton tax evasion, bribing public officials, building their portfolio off the creations of others and, yes, using underhanded tactics like paying anonymous posters to shape public opinion is a company that I will never trust.

Not to mention smaller things like the cultish way they run their company. (Would you really want to hear your company president constantly speaking over a loud speaker system in the building telling you how great the company is and that you should believe it too?) Seems too big brother, 1984-ish to me. But, hey, feel free to support whichever company you want. It's just nice to know some facts as well.

You guys all miss the point, who invented the first mobile phone ? first smarthphone ? first QWERTY phone, first SIM card phone, first with a microSD slot, first to have a USB port, first to have a color screen, first to have a bigger screen, first to have a touchscreen, first with an internal antenna, first with headphones, first with FM radio, first with internet access, first with 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, EVDO, 800, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100 Mhz, first with Bluetooth, WIFI, GPS, Glonass, first with front camera, back camera, first with 1 MP, 2 MP, 3 MP, 4 MP, 13 MP, first with AMOLED screen, first with 1080p screen, first with 441 ppi, first with Gorilla Glass, first with NFC, first with HDMI, first with 1080p video recording, first with dual-core, quad-core, octa-core, first with accelerometer, first with gyroscope, first with proximity sensor, first with compass, first with barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, first with infrared port, first with HTML5 & Adobe Flash & Java support, first with wireless charging, first with voice recognition, first with smart stay, smart pause, smart scroll, first with air gestures, first with predictive text input ?

See guys is always another company who might bring something new to the table.

But in this industry it's not about who was the first at the party but who eats the whole cake. :)))

asasas, 24 Apr 2013hu!!? samsung? what is samsung???what is samsung???

well samsung is that company which give consumer all choises, from 2" to 10.1". all versions available low end, mid range, high end..

samsung is that company which made galaxy s3 and sold like hot cakes,, crApple being jeolous and filed a junction that s3 sales should be banned... because of jealousy.... see miezu mx thats very very similar to iphone 4 even home button why apple didnt sued meizu for copy of patent because meizu don sell as much samsung sell. ....

samsung is that company which made the galaxy s line and blow all of other flagships out of market.... and wait for s444

samsung is that company which innovate and make a phone with tons of features which even crApple dont know how to make....

samsung is that company which sell proccessor to apple but still aplle claim iphone is best.....

long love samsung,,,,,,,,, King of Smartphones manufacturers..... king of smartphone world.... no on can compete with it interms of making, features, inovation even in marketing. .....

Anonymous, 24 Apr 2013Wow. There are alot of paid Samsung commenters here today. Do you guys get paid by the hour ... moreI suppose it isn't possible for someone to post their honest opinion about a Samsung now - are u surprised that people are praising the most popular smartphone maker? Stop being so cynical.

Anonymous, 23 Apr 2013 why samsung is a popular brand???
because they spending billions of money for the worldw... moremarketing is a powerful tool. so powerful that fanboys are willing to defend the brand